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...only foods associated with this backpacker destination were hallucinogenic-mushroom omelettes, street-corner noodles and [an error occurred while processing this directive] barroom burgers. But today, the island off Thailand's east coast is heading upmarket. Slick new resorts are luring older, more affluent travelers, and in their wake has come an army of chefs and entrepreneurs, hoping to cash in. "Four to five years ago there were 20 [quality] restaurants here," says John Andersen, co-publisher of fledgling bimonthly Eating in Samui. "Now there are around 45 and more coming." Here are some selections from the growing menu...
...that there have not been, and continue to be, important rifts between African-American and immigrant-origin Muslims here. Not the least of these was the latter's support of Bush in 2000, which dramatically highlighted the social and economic gap between these two groups. But in the wake of the Patriot Act and perceived ethnic profiling, such strains have been overcome, though hardly eliminated. For immigrant-origin Muslims, African Americans' long-standing concern with civil rights suddenly has a relevance it previously lacked. And now, Muslims from places like Pakistan or Egypt, who might in the past have avoided...
...wake of the midterm elections, some students are partying to celebrate victory while others are partying to drown their sorrows. But the leaders of both the Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Republican Club (HRC)—which is throwing a “Drown Your Sorrows” party this Friday—say they will now focus their resources on addressing policy issues rather than dwelling on victories or losses past. “But today is a beginning, not an end. Now it is time to govern,” wrote Dems President Eric P. Lesser...
...saved Rumsfeld's job later that year, many Pentagon insiders believe. Overnight, he achieved pop-culture status, his stern countenance and parrying of press questions bringing him a peculiar kind of Washington fame in those scary weeks following 9/11. Yet it was the pair of wars launched in the wake of those terror strikes that, over time, highlighted on a far bigger stage his short-sighted and subordinate-ruffling demeanor. The cracks in his management acumen began showing as the insurgency surged in Iraq in late 2003, and widened when the heinous photographs of the abuse at Abu Ghraib exploded...
Saadi, for his part, said he doesn’t follow campus politics enough to judge Gutmann’s merits as president. As for her prospects for leading Harvard in the wake of the photo flap, he said, “I don’t know much about Harvard—I know there are scandals at Harvard...